Kragh Set Quotes & Sayings

True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn. — Philip Massinger

By mid-summer only Ma Barker remained in Chicago, lost in her jigsaw puzzles. Karpis drove over to visit her one weekend and found she was doing surprisingly well. He and Dock took her to see a movie. To their horror, the film was preceded by a newsreel warning moviegoers to be on the lookout for Dillinger, Nelson, Pretty Boy Floyd, Karpis, and the Barkers. Karpis scrunched low in his seat as their pictures flashed on the screen. "One of these men may be sitting next to you," the announcer said. Karpis pulled his hat low over his forehead. — Bryan Burrough

What governments call international monetary cooperation is concerted action for the sake of credit expansion. — Ludwig Von Mises

When a mother comes home with her new baby, she will find her abstractions are all concrete now. 'Freedom' now means being able to take a shower. 'Mobility' means being able to reach the glass of water on the dresser while not breaking the baby's suction on the breast. 'Flexibility' means being able to push the Record function on the VCR without dropping the baby. — Marni Jackson

The major basis for my opposition to marijuana prohibition has not been how badly it's worked, the fact that it's produced much more harm than good - it has been primarily a moral reason: I don't think the state has any more right to tell me what to put into my mouth than it has to tell me what can come out of my mouth. — Milton Friedman

Sometimes you feel like you're in control and in charge of your life and everything is grand. Other times you feel powerless and insignificant. — Robert J. Crane

And I'm a slow writer: five, six hundred words is a good day. That's the reason it took me 20 years to write those million and a half words of the Civil War. — Shelby Foote

An opinion, though it is original, does not necessarily differ from the accepted opinion; the important thing is that it does not try to conform to it. — Andre Gide

The world has changed to permit ever more people in all corners of the globe to cooperate to their mutual betterment. The very prospect is inspiring people to claim their freedom and use it to make their lives better. By comparison to this activity, the disgusting behavior of nation states appears like a ridiculous anachronism that will be steamrolled by the forces of history. — Jeffrey Tucker

According to inflation, the more than 100 billion galaxies, sparkling throughout space like heavenly diamonds, are nothing but quantum mechanics writ large across the sky. To me, this realization is one of the greatest wonders of the modern scientific age. — Brian Greene

The day you chose to leave me it rained constantly in truth I swore the rain to be the tears of cuspids eyes. — Tupac Shakur

Whenever I see a stock market explode, six to 12 months later you are in a full blown recovery. — Stanley Druckenmiller